We suspect that this is a general mechanism that will translate to additional drugs of abuse, especially other stimulants like amphetamine and methamphetamine. A drug used for the medical management of type 2 diabetes could be just as effective in treating drug addiction, including cocaine, researchers have revealed.

Look at it this way, Drugabuse.gov (I swear this is the citation I’ll drag out) says, “stimulants, including amphetamines and methamphetamine, were involved in 93,562 ED visits.” “This is rather startling.” That was the opening paragraph of an email I received yesterday from Jeff Hitchcock. He’s not easily startled.